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^Sorry, If I repeat myself ... but for what .It's not like that if Gai brings Mana back she fall for him.We already know (thank to Gai himself) that Mana choice Shu at that time (plus some flashbacks)unless he wants to get rid of Shu, but I don't think Mana would be so happy about that.

Mana will be revived, choose Shu... then that's when Gai will become an antagonist

^ Make sense.Now that I think about it,I have a question, because I do not remember if it was said before .We know thanks to Gai that there are 3 void genome right? But Shu know about this?Or better they said this to him? No, because if he don't know about it.Is normal that at the end of this ep he was taken by suprise.(I know I can see the whole serie again ,but with the special ep on air the 3, which summarizes the whole thing about the first half and somenthing about the second half I aspect that ep.)

Picked this back up to at least finish the first half. I'd say by Guilty Crown standards this is an exceptional episode in that it actually moves the plot forward and has the least amount of questionable plot events and character behavior in recent memory, but rest assured they're still there.

I'm curious what exactly we've seen from Dan that would warrant giving him a valiant sacrifice and what exactly we've seen from Segai that would warrant having him be the bad guy of the week that throws in with the coup by the antibodies. I guess one could argue he went off the deep end last episode, but then again you could also argue that it was American Dan that was portrayed as the most crazy when he was first introduced and that Segai came off as fairly normal and willing to bargain with Shu and just have a normal conversation. Again it just feels like the writers are selecting certain characters to carry out certain bits of dialogue each episode and ignoring however they acted before and it makes it very hard to see any character as stable and like they're progressing in sync with the series plotline.

Another example would be Sugar just being okay with Shu killing his brother despite being absolutely desperate to save him when he was first introduced. It's like it's just never even brought up and there's no attempt to try and get Shu to answer for it because right now the plot demands that they move forward and carry out this whole 2nd Lost Christmas arc. This mad rush leads to such stunning character interactions as Shu telling the group that he joined Funeral Parlor, a terrorist organization, because they believed in him and nobody asking for any further information. The whole believed in me thing is obviously a common cliche that works as a stop plug in many situations to explain character behavior and a shared sentiment, but it really doesn't work for this scenario. I'm sorry but that's not a good enough reason for somebody to justify being in a terrorist group, but this is Guilty Crown so of course it's accepted in favor of moving the plot along.

What else....oh yeah singing being the catch all that almost saves the day. Again singing has been shown to be a tide turner in shows like Macross, but there the effect is actually explained in each particular series and they usually go into some form of detail as to how it works and how the singing ties into the plot and the singer character arc. Here it's like it's just been introduced and like they could completely care less about giving the viewer a reason as to why Inori's singing is able to heal people. The assumption is that they'll get to explaining as with most things that happen in Guilty Crown, but honestly I'm not really holding my breath based on how long most things have gone in the show without being addressed to some degree and we only have 11 episodes left to deal with the rest of the plot so I'm not really seeing everything from the first 11 being addressed during that stretch. It's just irksome, like if they'd spend just a little less time trying to make every scene as desperately cool and cliche as possible and maybe just a little on fleshing the situation out I wouldn't feel that we have the successor to Star Driver on our hands in terms of just charging ahead with episodic plot-lines until it's time for the finale.

Still again by Guilty Crown standards this is probably the most complete episode since the very first one. Whether the next episode even follows up much on what happened here or just charges ahead again remains to be seen, but I'd definitely put my money on the latter.

Predictions:
- Yuu is Shu's younger brother
- Gai is Shu and Yuu's father. He was rejuvenated by transfusing Inori's blood into himself.
- Gai is Kurosu Ouma
- Shu will recall the voids of his friends... because they "exist in his heart." I know it's cheesy but this is how this show rolls. He'll save Gai with the bandage void.
- Inori will awaken that "other her" she was talking about to save Shu
- might be too early for Shu to draw his own void out of himself...but it could happen.
- Shu will draw out Gai's void... guaranteed. He's not gonna die before we see it.

I don't think Gai wants Mana or the original Inori back. I think Gai is actually Kurosu. His wife took care of their kids and their friends. The women he's fighting for is his late wife. When the original Inori went berserk, his wife was killed. He's trying to atone for what he did. He blames himself and he's trying to fix it in the body of a young man.

Yuu is blonde with blue eyes and he sort of looks like Shu. I'm guessing Shu and Haruka looked like mom and Yuu looked like dad. I'm guessing Inori/Mana was Shuichiro's daughter/granddaughter. That is how they would all know each other and have powers. This would explain why Shuichiro wants Mana/Inori to awaken... wants his greatest creation and daughter to return to him. Bwahaha! Obsessed villain!

Why do I think Gai is Kurosu?
- took a fatal blow for Shu
- acts way too old and mature for his age
- knows way too much about GHQ, Void Genomes, the Anti-Bodies, Shu
- acts like he's repentant, beating himself over something
- acts like he has a long history with Shuichiro
- didn't bother look back at Haruka when she showed up
- has way too many foreign contacts for a 17 year old
- his second in command, Shinbugi, is 27.
- meets Shu at Kurosu's grave and it seemed like an unusually quirky scene, they discussed Haruka
- coddles Shu all the time

It seems like the Void Genome may only work on a few people. Shuichiro referred to Shu as being part of the plan to Haruka. Haruka freaked out when she found out Shu was with FP, the VG, and was with a pink haired girl. She put it all together. It seem Shu was meant to have it. If that's the case maybe people with his genes are supposed to have it. Maybe Gai is compatible with the power because he is Shu's father.

Like Kaioshin said... this episode was exellent for the standarts that Guilty Crown has shown so far. We got to finally see some character development (at least for the main characters) and some pretty interesting reactions by Darryl and Dan (the guy used an epic "falcon punch" to save Haruka... please God don't let him die).

Also, the "real enemy" finally was revealed... Although I felt that it was a bit to early for such apocalyptic event, it can be a very good tool to improve the overall quality of the show and develop the characters even further (always hoping for the best... that's me). Just hope they don't turn the second half of the show into some sort of "I need to save Inori" 11-episode saga.

I know some people may get angry at me for this... but honestly, I don't see neither Gai or Shu as good "leader-type" characters (I know that it's debatable, but that's my personal opinion). They both have leadership qualities (in their own way), but I've got to say: Yang Wenli and Reinhard, you guys are sadly missed.

Predictions:
- Yuu is Shu's younger brother
- Gai is Shu and Yuu's father. He was rejuvenated by transfusing Inori's blood into himself.
- Gai is Kurosu Ouma
- Shu will recall the voids of his friends... because they "exist in his heart." I know it's cheesy but this is how this show rolls. He'll save Gai with the bandage void.
- Inori will awaken that "other her" she was talking about to save Shu
- might be too early for Shu to draw his own void out of himself...but it could happen.
- Shu will draw out Gai's void... guaranteed. He's not gonna die before we see it.

I don't think Gai wants Mana or the original Inori back. I think Gai is actually Kurosu. His wife took care of their kids and their friends. The women he's fighting for is his late wife. When the original Inori went berserk, his wife was killed. He's trying to atone for what he did. He blames himself and he's trying to fix it in the body of a young man.

Yuu is blonde with blue eyes and he sort of looks like Shu. I'm guessing Shu and Haruka looked like mom and Yuu looked like dad. I'm guessing Inori/Mana was Shuichiro's daughter/granddaughter. That is how they would all know each other and have powers. This would explain why Shuichiro wants Mana/Inori to awaken... wants his greatest creation and daughter to return to him. Bwahaha! Obsessed villain!

Why do I think Gai is Kurosu?
- took a fatal blow for Shu
- acts way too old and mature for his age
- knows way too much about GHQ, Void Genomes, the Anti-Bodies, Shu
- acts like he's repentant, beating himself over something
- acts like he has a long history with Shuichiro
- didn't bother look back at Haruka when she showed up
- has way too many foreign contacts for a 17 year old
- his second in command, Shinbugi, is 27.
- meets Shu at Kurosu's grave and it seemed like an unusually quirky scene, they discussed Haruka
- coddles Shu all the time

It seems like the Void Genome may only work on a few people. Shuichiro referred to Shu as being part of the plan to Haruka. Haruka freaked out when she found out Shu was with FP, the VG, and was with a pink haired girl. She put it all together. It seem Shu was meant to have it. If that's the case maybe people with his genes are supposed to have it. Maybe Gai is compatible with the power because he is Shu's father.

On some level I can't help but think you're thinking way to hard about this and that really the second half isn't going to be all that much less underwhelming on the exposition side. A part of me thinks that if they were capable of tying things together they would have started doing it by now and that what we get as an explanation for most things from here on out will leave more than a little to be desired.

My stance is I'll speculate more about where the showing is going if and when it actually starts to go places for a few episodes in a row.

Just hope they don't turn the second half of the show into some sort of "I need to save Inori" 11-episode saga.

I know some people may get angry at me for this... but honestly, I don't see neither Gai or Shu as good "leader-type" characters (I know that it's debatable, but that's my personal opinion). They both have leadership qualities (in their own way), but I've got to say: Yang Wenli and Reinhard, you guys are sadly missed.

So I'm not the only one to fear this Hopefully they will not do this.Another thing that I hope is that that boy does not make somehow Inori his slave,Beacuse for a day Shu has had enough bad news.Though I wonder how it will save Inori afterall Shu at to deal with her void and honestly I doubt that among his friends there is a void that can compete with that of Inori even in the basic form.At least that Mana don't decided to make another "Deux ex Machina"maybe after that he remembers her.But seriously ,I do not know how he'll manage since the situation is dire after the end of this episode. For the last part of your post I understand what you mean and I think it would be better if both of them did the Leader thing, as it seems they can complement each other in that (this is my opinion anyway)... obviously always if Gai survives to this

So I'm not the only one to fear this Hopefully they will not do this.Another thing that I hope is that that boy does not make somehow Inori his slave,Beacuse for a day Shu has had enough bad news.Though I wonder how it will save Inori afterall Shu at to deal with her void and honestly I doubt that among his friends there is a void that can compete with that of Inori even in the basic form.At least that Mana don't decided to make another "Deux ex Machina"maybe after that he remembers her.But seriously ,I do not know how he'll manage since the situation is dire after the end of this episode. For the last part of your post I understand what you mean and I think it would be better if both of them did the Ledear thing, as it seems they can complement each other in that (this is my opinion anyway)... obviously always if Gai survives to this

You guys have nothing to worry about, Guilty Crown is not the kind of series that drags on specific story arcs. And there is a void Shu can use against the new enemy to save Inori: Gai's.

You guys have nothing to worry about, Guilty Crown is not the kind of series that drags on specific story arcs. And there is a void Shu can use against the new enemy to save Inori: Gai's.

And I would say lucky for us, but with the ep end in a serious way like that the doubt / thought come in mind.I thought about that possibility ,especially with Gai being the only one with Shu at the moment and it would seem logical thing to think. The issue is we don't know if Gai is still alive or only faint and we don't know what would happen if Shu tries to pull out Gai void now that it is hurt so badly.Not to mention that we do not know why that other void user wanted Inori Void and take Inori herself with him.

On some level I can't help but think you're thinking way to hard about this and that really the second half isn't going to be all that much less underwhelming on the exposition side. A part of me thinks that if they were capable of tying things together they would have started doing it by now and that what we get as an explanation for most things from here on out will leave more than a little to be desired.

My stance is I'll speculate more about where the showing is going if and when it actually starts to go places for a few episodes in a row.

I think they've been holding back because they want the "big twists" about the main characters to have some huge impact. Too bad they did a bad job hiding that fact that a big revelation and twist is supposed to happen.

Shu's importance in the big picture has both been downplayed and overplayed.

I think this series has a similar pacing to Darker than Black. It took a while for the main plot elements to make themselves clear in that one. DtB just had a different ambiance to this and wasn't as melodramatic.

I still like this series. I want to keep on watching to see what happens next, what the hell is really going on.

As for the nature of Gai. Yoshino has written characters that are older than they look... particularly CC and VV. Crazy parents was a theme of Code Geass, too.

Gai sort of reminds me of CC. He's mature for his appearance and seems to hide many secrets. He also seems to share a history with the current main antagonist... Shuichiro.

Shuichiro is sort of acting like Charles. Charles had Ragnarok, Shuichiro has Mana and the River of Lamentation.

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No way Gai's going to die. Someone's prob got the smelling salts ready for Hare.

Gai has been dosing himself with Inori's blood. Inori has super powers and a super healing factor. Some of her resilience has sort of rubbed off on Gai as he's shown extremely high agility, strength, endurance, and hand-eye coordination. He also survived the Leukocyte space laser with very few scratches.

The nature of the apocalypse virus also seems to speed up cell regeneration...

I have to admit the next episode is the one that I want to see the most.Especially since I have the feeling that our Shu will finally remember his past, after all the next ep is called the lost Christmas.talking about the ep ,I found the translation of what appears Shu says in the preview . I do not know how accurate it is but ,I put the translation the same.

Spoiler for transaltion:

From a user name it Inoreen..

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I may not FULLY understand japanese but during the preview of ep 12,shu was taking wasn’t he..? “anta no oujo ga taisetsuna ka kimochi kisei” my brain translation—> (the lonely girls precious feelings unveiled) I think he was talking about “big sis” for shu “mana” for gai and keido “or Inori look alike” for us fans…but if this mana girl REALLY does have brother complex or its shu other way around then

Come to think of , Shu that regains his memories and the truth about that fateful day and the truth about Mana. Would explain the change in the op and Ed that we already know will be from the next ep onward.

well, the pieces of the puzzle are all in place at the end of episode 11. we have Haruka and Gai... and with Inori captured, Shu will be more curious why all those things transpired..

I got a gut feeling that the "other" boy in the picture was not actually Gai but that new dude with the King's power..

but Gai being the "other" boy would make perfect sense since he somehow knows who "Mana" is.. I have a gut feeling that..

Spoiler for :):

Inori is a "part" of Mana that was separated from her during the lost Christmas event considering that they wanted to "create" something that could counter Mana's song (the one being played first that triggered the infection in episode 11)... that would somehow explain their connection. I remember in Shaman King, there was actually only one son, Hao... to create an equal for Hao destined to stop him, they extracted the "good" in Hao and thus was born Yoh. So i guess it's the same concept with Inori and Mana... the former being compared to Yoh and the latter to Hao

well, the pieces of the puzzle are all in place at the end of episode 11. we have Haruka and Gai... and with Inori captured, Shu will be more curious why all those things transpired..

I got a gut feeling that the "other" boy in the picture was not actually Gai but that new dude with the King's power..

but Gai being the "other" boy would make perfect sense since he somehow knows who "Mana" is.. I have a gut feeling that..

Spoiler for :):

Inori is a "part" of Mana that was separated from her during the lost Christmas event considering that they wanted to "create" something that could counter Mana's song (the one being played first that triggered the infection in episode 11)... that would somehow explain their connection. I remember in Shaman King, there was actually only one son, Hao... to create an equal for Hao destined to stop him, they extracted the "good" in Hao and thus was born Yoh. So i guess it's the same concept with Inori and Mana... the former being compared to Yoh and the latter to Hao

Yeah, all the pieces are present to get the answers we want from the beginning of the anime.One thing that I noticed is that the opening and ending in some way reflects the content of the anime.

Spoiler for spoiler:

Inori regard I agree she's probaly born during that Lost Christmas but I get the impression that both share the body, I would not be surprised if later the two personalities (if I'm right) become one once again , creating a Inori close to how it was the old Mana or better a Inori with more emotions that are displayed .And if they continue to follow the songs I'm are certain that something really interesting will happens in the next episode onwards.And so far (I do not know how many of you have noticed this) this first half of the show a really follow both the op and the end that we know.For the op. the only one throughout the first part that has not blamed or hated Shu for something (in some extension)was Inori.Even Hare in episode 10 the dislike/hated him for a wile(and with proper motivation).Hell Inori even think in the last ep that "He (Shu) will come" , and wonders why she thought this and if she wanted Shu to there with her.And follow this reasoning and knowing the titles of the new op and ED I have some idea on what will happen .But I think for now I'll stop speculating for now, at least until the special will on air on January 3.